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New Jersey Department of
Health & Senior Services
• Indoor Environments Program
Offers information, advice, and
sometimes enforcement on
issues such as asbestos, lead,
mold, and vapor intrusion.
Phone: 609-631-6749
www.state.nj.us/health/iep/index.
shtml
• Communicable Disease
Program
Offers information, advice,
and sometimes enforcement
on issues such as tuberculosis,
hepatitis, meningitis, vaccines,
flu, etc.
Phone: 609-588-7539
www.state.nj.us/health/cd/index.
shtml
• Cancer Epidemiology Program
Offers information and advice
about cancer cluster concerns in
the workplace and community.
Phone: 609-588-3500
http://nj.gov/health/ces/cancer_
cluster.shtml
New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection
Offers information, advice, and
enforcement on contamination of
school sites, school bus idling, integrated
pest management, radon, lead
in drinking water, ozone and other
air pollutants, and mercury.
• DEP Public Access Center
609-777-3373
www.state.nj.us/dep/
• Contamination of school sites,
800-253-5647
www.nj.gov/dep/srp
• School bus idling
609-292-7953
www.nj.gov/dep/stopthesoot/
• Integrated pest management
609-530-4070
www.nj.gov/dep/enforcement/
pcp/pcp-ipm.htm
• Radon, 800-648-0394
www.nj.gov/dep/rpp/radon/
index.htm
• Lead in drinking water
609-292-5550
www.nj.gov/dep/watersupply/
quality.htm
• Ozone and air pollutants
609-292-0138,
www.nj.gov/dep/airmon/cfpage.
htm
• Mercury
609-984-6070
www.nj.gov/dep/dsr/mercury_
task_force.htm
New Jersey Department of
Community Affairs (DCA)
Division of Codes and Standards
Enforces the Uniform Construction
Code in Abbott Districts, including
issuing certificates of occupancy.
The division enforces elevator safety,
the Asbestos Hazard Abatement Sub
code, also known as Subchapter 8 of
the Uniform Construction Code as
well as the Lead Hazard Abatement
rules in all buildings and structures
undergoing lead hazard abatement.
Phone: 609-984-7609
www.state.nj.us/dca/divisions/codes/
index.html
New Jersey Schools Development
Authority (NJSDA)
Responsible for monitoring construction
related health and safety
problems in public schools, if the
projects are funded by them. www.
njsda.com
• Main Office – 609-943-5955
• Trenton Region – 609-292-5788
• Northern Region – 973-648-
8335
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA)
Responsible for health and safety enforcement
for employees of private
contractors working in the public
schools, for example, construction
workers and privatized custodians.
Phone: 1-800-321-6742, toll-free,
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
www.osha.gov
Local Health Departments
Offer information, advice, and
sometimes enforcement on issues related
to sanitation, food safety, noise,
and other public health nuisances.
Find your local health department
by calling 1-800-367-6543. www.
state.nj.us/health/lh/directory/lhdselectcounty.
shtml
Local Fire Officials
Offer information, advice, and
enforcement inspections on fire
extinguishers, sprinklers, alarms,
exits, and flammable materials. Find
your local fire officials in the government
pages of the phone book. www.
nj.gov/nj/govinfo/county/localgov.
html